Manifold continuous cash-check device.



No. 674,566. Patented May 2|, I903.

s. w. & c. SHIREK & F. LEROND.

MANIFOLD CONTINUOUS CASH CHECK DEVICE.

(Application filed Nov. 17, 1900.) (No Model.)

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UNITED TATES ATE-NT Erica.

SAUL V. SHTREK, CARL SHIREK, AND FREDERIC LEROND, OF SAN FRANCISCO,CALIFORNIA.

MANIFOLD CONTINUOUS CASH-CHECK DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,566, dated May 21,1901.

Application filed November 17,1900. Serial No. 36,839. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SAUL W. SHIREK and CARL SHIREK,citizens ofGermany-,and FRED-. ERIC LEROND, a citizen of the United States, allresiding in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in Manifold Continuous Cash- Gheck Devices;and We hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in autographic cash-registerdevices where multiple copies of checks are to be made.

It has for its object the furnishing of a simple, cheap, and compactapparatus wherein the carbon-sheets remain stationary, the paper inmultiple layers is drawn between the carbons, the original check or tagand copies torn off at one and the same time, and the succeeding checksleft in position ready for use without further manipulation.

7 It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations ofparts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a view of our device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a modification.

Having reference to the drawings, A represents a case, of pasteboard,wood, metal, or any other suitable material. B represents the paper,consisting of a plurality of superposed sheets piled in tablet form andarranged in zigzag folds. The sheets may be perforated, as at 2, wherebythe checks are more readily torn off. We provide a double cover for thiscase constructed as follows: C represents the cover proper, having atransverse slot 3 near one end and through which are brought the sheetsB. The cover 0 is simply placed over the vertical walls of the case, andits deep surrounding flange telescopes with the corresponding flange ofthe case, thereby enabling the cover. to be readily and entirely removedfrom the case when introducing the sales-slips and also permitting thecover to adjust itself with relation to the decreasing thickness of thetablet or pad as the latter is used up. Carbon-sheets t are laidtransversely of the paper, their edges allowed to project over the sidesof the case.

The secondary cover or clamp c fits over the cover 0, and its sides 5press tightly against the case and hold the ends of the carbonsheetsfirmly and keep these sheets taut. This cover or lid 0 has its centerportion cut out, as 6, so that the paper is exposed. The cover 0 offersa support upon which to Write. The portion of the clamp-cover 0 leftabout the opening 6 forms a sufficient holder and guide for the sheetsB. In this tablet form of the device it is not necesssary to have thelower end of the lid 0 extend to the end of the case, as the paper isproperly held otherwise and a better opportunity for grasping the endsof the paper and tearing off the checks is afforded.

The device can be made in very economical form and to take the place ofthe ordinary cash-check books so much in vogue. To this end it may bemade of pasteboard containing, say, one hundred checks, the parts pastedpermanently together and to be thrown away when emptied.

We do not wish to limit ourselves to the use of the paper in pad formalone. The same principle of manifolding, copying, and tearing off thechecks simultaneously is applicable to check devices of different forms,as shown in Fig. 3. Here A represents a case, of wood, metal, or anysuitable material. B is a roll consisting of a plurality of superposedsheets of paper mounted on an axle, as 7. The paper passes aroundtension-guides, as 8. A cover 0, having a slot 3, fits removably uponthe case. The sheets of the roll B are brought up through this slot,asbefore,and allowed to project beyond the end of the case. Carbon-strips4 are interposed transversely between the sheets of paper. The outsideor clamp cover 0 fits snugly against the sides of the case and holds thecarbon-strips and the paper in position. This cover or lid has a centralopening 6'. The rear end of this lid projects beyond the edge of thecase and is provided with a cutter 9. The sides 5 of the lid clasp thesides of the case so firmly as to prevent any displacement of the parts,and at the same time access can be easily had to the inside of the case,as when it is necessary to replace the roll or renew the carbons. The

projection of the end of the lid 0' beyond the edge of the case permitsthe ends of the paper being easily grasped from beneath, drawn throughthe machine, and torn off. In this form of the device it is to be notedthat there is an entire absence of cogs and cranks.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-check device, a case, a detachable cover having asurrounding flange telescopically fitting upon this case and having atransverse slot near one end, a secondary cover telescopically fittingsnugly the sides of the case, a central opening in this secondary cover,and the rear end of the latter terminating short of the correspondingend of the first-named cover whereby it is adapted to permit paperdrawnbetween the two covers, to be readily torn 01$.

2. A cash-check device consisting of a case, a plurality of superposedcontinuous sheets of paper contained therein, a detachable cover fittingthis case, a transverse slot in this cover through which the paper runs,carbon-sheets interposed between the sheets of paper, a detachable lidhaving a central opening, and having its lower end terminating short ofthe corresponding end of the first-named cover whereby the severalchecks or sheets of paper drawn between the carbon-sheets, may be tornoff simultaneously.

A cash-check device consisting of a pinrality of sheets of paper foldedin zigzag form in a tablet contained within a case, a detachable coverto this case, a transverse slotin the cover through which the paperpasses, carbon-sheets interposed between the sheets of paper, asecondary detachable cover having a central opening fitting over theedges of the paper, one of said covers telescoping with the case and theother telescoping with the first-named cover said second-named coverholding the carbon-sheets fixedly in position. 4. In a cash-checkdevice, acase, closed at the sides and ends and open at the top, adetachable cover the outer sides of which and the sides of the case arefitted one within the other, said cover havinga transverse slot near oneend, and a secondary cover detachably fitting the device and providedwith a central opening. I

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

SAUL W. SHIREK. CARL SI-IIREK. FREDERIO LEROND. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, THOMAS S. BURNES.

